Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-15

lag tax Of 10 cents per head
on all cattle passing through,
and have inquired whether there exists
any means whereby they may be relieved
! from the payment thereof. The Governor
Of the Chickas8U Nation has informed
the Interior Department thai the law
COmp,sined Of was passed by the Chick
esaW National Council. He discIaims
any wish or purpose on the part Of the
C1ickaSaWs 10 regulate or interfere with
commerce, but says: eve are simply
regulating The price OF our grass,
which Is valuable property. cost
ing in Texas pastures from
10 10 20 Cents per month; that there
IS no objection or hindrance by tax or
otherwise 10 driving cattle on the Tegu-
l2rly established Catrle trail in the west
ern part of their territory, open TO ali
genuine drivers Of through herds, and
that he .ails 10 see where the Constitution
gives rlght to murders 10 saunter along
! their country roads and craze their cattle
on adjacent fields. The Secretary Of tae
Interior il MS decision ia the case says:
"lt the country roads 10 which
|, the Governor OF the ChiCk6saW nation
refers are public highways through this
Territory, this department can not re-
COgniZ9 any interference on the part Of
the ChiCkaSGWs with the free eud unin-
terTupted passage of cattle thereupDn, as
long rs sa cattle are kept within the
prescribed or recognized limits OF inc
established cattle trails and public
highways, and are not allowed 20
trespass upon grazing or other lands
of the ChickasaWs, and if complaint CT
such trespass is made by the ChIckasaws
to the proper officer Of the department, it
will be bound to take such action as will
fulfill the guarantees contained in the
treaties with these Indians, and enforce
the law against trespassers and intruders
IN the Indian Territory"
MUTILATING NEW NOTES.
WASHINGTON, April IA There was re-
Ceiyed at the United States Treasury TO-
day for redemption package of perfectly
new notes of small denomination to the
amount OF $1,000. The package was sent
to Washington by express by national
bank in Texas. The mutiIation was CYL
IDENTITY intended as al additional safe
guard in the transportation of the notes.
This is said to be a practice Of many
southern express companies IN the trans
pOrt2tiCn OF money to the Treasury for
redemption, but the present is the first
instance WneTe new notes have been treat
ed this way. It is not known whether
these particular notes were mutiiatet by
tie bark II the express company, but il
is thought by the department t3.t it was
done by he bank to insure safety IN trans
pOrtat!Cn. SIca muti,auOn j. 6 violation
Of law and viii not be permitted by the
department.
LEAVES GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
WAsHINGTuN, April I4.-Ch&rles S.
SWEET of Chicago, whom Secretary Lin
coin had duriag his administration OF the
War Department appointed his private
secretary and stenographeT, and whom
Secretary Endic0tt has retained in posi-
ton 20 this time, has beon elected seCre-
tary % the Cnicago, Santa Fe and Cali
fOrnia Railway Company, and assumes his
duties at once.
FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE President
has taken action on the application for
pardon of John Smith, confined in the
Arkansas peEitentisry for assault with it,
ten: TO kill Adverse action was tak-n in
the case Of Thomas Mooney of the West
ern district Of Texas. The pardon was
granted on the recommendation Cf the
parties who conducted the prosecution.